Our History
1996 – BRC Incorporated
1997- Trail easements started for the Brownstone Trail 1999 – First Executive Director hired 2000 – Corny Beachland purchase in partnership with the Town of Bell 2001 – First private land protection at Lewis Lake, +300 acres 2002 – Big Ravine Trail completed 2003 – Farmland Preservation Program began with two farms 2004 – First land acquisition along the White River 2005 – First Mt. Ashwabay Ski Hill land purchase in partnership with Ashwabay Outdoor Education Foundation 2005 – Nourse Sugar Bush (at Mt. Ashwabay) land purchase 2006 – Plum Creek property acquired at Mt. Ashwabay in partnership with Bayfield County Forestry 2008 – Lost Creek Bog land purchase – annexed to Lost Creek Bog State Natural Area 2009 – Houghton Falls Nature Preserve purchased in partnership with Town of Bayview and Trust for Public Land 2010 – First Marengo River land protection project 2011 – Frog Bay purchase to become Frog Bay Tribal National Park 2012 - Frog Bay Tribal National Park opened 2012 - 230 acres preserved at Lost Creek II and III |
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin” ~ William Shakespeare |
Bayfield Regional Conservancy ~ 33 N. 1st Street, Bayfield, WI 54814 ~ 715.779.5263 ~ brc@brcland.org
